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Contemporary art

Monographs

 
 
Christian Robert-Tissot - Update 07
2008
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Monograph dedicated to Swiss artist's words-images, presenting his most recent paintings, wall paintings, and installations, with 20 texts by art critics and artists friends of Robert-Tissot.
Paul Sharits -
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Complete monograph on a master of experimental cinema, with a general introduction, several essays, texts by the artist and interviews (available in English edition).
Paul Sharits -
2008
English edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Monographs
Complete monograph on a master of experimental cinema, with a general introduction on its œuvre, several essays, texts by the artist and interviews.
Franz Ackermann -
2007
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
36.00 25.00 €
Monograph / catalogue / artist's book in a boxset with an inserted fold-out, devoted to one of the major representatives of the German painting revival.
On Kawara - Consciousness. Meditation. Watcher on the Hills - Boxset
2007
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
(last copies available!)
Box gathering the two volumes of the catalogue Consciousness. Meditation. Watcher on the Hills, published for the world tour of the exhibition by On Kawara.
Bruno Serralongue - La Otra
2007
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
15 images from a serie of photographs realized in Mexico during the Marcos' campaign in 2006, with two essays : a reflexion on contemporary photography.
Stéphane Dafflon -
2007
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Monograph dedicated to the abstract artist's graphical paintings and objects, accompanied with a long essay by Jeff Ryan.
Amy O\'Neill - Suburban Imagination
2007
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
The sculptures, installations, and drawings by the New York-based artist are presented in this first monograph as a journey through the American suburban imagination.
Kelley Walker -
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
(last copies available!)
Reference monograph.
Annette Messager - Word for Word
2006
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
60.00 45.00 €
The writings by Annette Messager assembed by Marie-Laure Bernadac appear to be exuberant, poetic, trivial. Lavishly illustrated, this monograph contains a collection of texts and interviews with the artist, many of which are unpublished.
Catherine Sullivan - Film and Theater Works - 2002-2004
2006
texts in English and French
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
40.00 20.00 €
First monograph devoted to the Californian artist.
Delphine Coindet -
2006
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Large monograph on French sculptor Delphine Coindet.
Gerald Petit - Heroes
2006
French edition (texts in English)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
12.00 6.00 €
Exhibition catalog: the entire transcript of the “hero” from The Viewer, a video realized in New York in 2004.
Didier Marcel -
2006
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
(last copies available!)
Reference monograph on the French artist (landscapes, installations, sculptures; architectural models, drawings).
Richard Phillips -
2006
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
(last copies available!)
Illustrated monograph dedicated to the American hyperrealist artist's drawings. With texts by Kim Gordon, Liam Gillick, Karl Holmqvist...
 Yan Pei-Ming - Execution
2006
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
A collection of texts and interviews around the artist's work.
Annette Messager - Mot pour mot
2006
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Lavishly illustrated, this monograph contains a collection of texts and interviews with the artist, many of which are unpublished.
Mark Handforth -
2005
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
First monograph devoted to the US-based British artist, known for his sculptures made from everyday objects and urban furniture (also available in English edition).
Nicolas Schöffer -
2004
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Reference monograph.
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster - Alphavilles ?
2004
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
A book of sentimental structure of architectural souvenirs gathered during various trips. A collection of images of cities and edificies in alphabetical order beginning with Acapulco-Agra-Albuquerque…
Lee Bul - Monsters
2003
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
First monograph.
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster - Films
2003
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster's films and video works.
Jens Haaning - Hello, my name is Jens Haaning
2003
quadrilingual edition (English / Danish / German / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
28.00 15.00 €
Documentation on selected works by Jens Haaning and texts.
On Kawara - Consciousness. Meditation. Watcher on the Hills
2003
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Kawara's Date paintings, telegrams and books from the One Million Years series.
Lily van der Stokker - Friends and Family
2003
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
50.00 30.00 €
First monograph.
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster - Films
2003
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
24.00 15.00 €
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster's films and video works.
Lee Bul - Monsters
2002
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
First monograph (available in English edition).
Bruno Serralongue -
2002
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
This is the first monograph of this photographic artist who, for the past ten years has investigated all the four corners of the planet.
Maurizio Cattelan - 6th Caribbean Biennal - A Project by Maurizio Cattelan
2001
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
A true false Caribbean biennial imagined by Maurizio Cattelan for ten real artists.
Sarah Morris - Modern Worlds
1999
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
18.00 9.00 €
Monograph.
Angela Bulloch - Satellite
1998
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
31.00 12.00 €
Monograph.
Daan Van Golden -
1997
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Monograph conceived in close collaboration with the artist, with three essays.
Rémy Zaugg - Personne
1990
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Paintings, photographies of two exhibitions, exhibitions plans.
Gerhard Merz - MCMLXXXVIII
1988
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
27.00 15.00 €
Monograph / exhibition catalogue.
Farah Atassi -
2020
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference monograph.
Peter Schuyff - Has Been
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
First retrospective catalogue devoted to Dutch painter Peter Schuyff, a prominent member of the Neo-Geo movement, Has Been presents a selection of works produced between 1981 and 1991 in New York. The publication reveals the many paths taken by the artist and exposes the myriad forms which pictorial abstraction can take. Two critical essays, historical reviews, as well as a text written by Peter Schuyff in 1991, shed light on the artist's work of this period and on the complexity of its referential relationships.
Edith Dekyndt - Ombre indigène
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
For the past twenty years, Edith Dekyndt has been redefining the interdependence of the artwork and its exhibition context by relocating her work's experiments in a more extended spatiality and temporality—that of the world's ecosystem. This catalog offers a selective approach of her work on the occasion of a joint exhibition at Le Consortium and Wiels.
Bertrand Lavier - L\'affaire tournesols
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
New monograph.
Clément Cogitore - Atelier
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
First monograph.
Christopher Wool - Vitraux
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Christopher Wool's stained glass windows for the Prieuré of La Charité sur Loire, France.
Ryan Gander - Le Dit du Dé
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Catalogue / artist's book.
Juergen Teller - Touch Me
2011
bilingual edition (English / Korean)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
An artist's book / catalogue that, rather than focusing on the famous images made by Juergen Teller for fashion and luxury industries, aims to underline the particular aesthetic dimension of his photographic work in general.
Anna-Eva Bergman -
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference monograph (available in English edition).
Larry Bell -
2011
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Richly documented, this first monograph published in Europe gathers Larry Bell's archives, alongside with new commissioned essays by the artist, Marie de Brugerolle, Annette Leddy and John C. Welchman.
Larry Bell -
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Richly documented, this first monograph published in Europe gathers Larry Bell's archives, alongside with new commissioned essays by the artist, Marie de Brugerolle, Annette Leddy and John C. Welchman.
Charline von Heyl - Paintings 1990-2010
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
First monograph: Charline von Heyl's paintings chronologically presented, each vis-à-vis a detail view manipulated by the artist, with four texts that shed light on the evolution of her work and contextualize her practice regarding the question of the renewal of contemporary painting.
Lynda Benglis -
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference retrospective monograph (available in English edition).
Lynda Benglis -
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference retrospective monograph: a complete overview of Lynda Benglis' work and life from the late 1960s to the present day, with more than 350 illustrations, about 20 historical or commissioned essays, an interview, famous and unseen archival material, and a complete chronology.
Pierre Molinier -
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
The method and genesis of Pierre Molinier's oeuvre (available in English edition).
Christian Boltanski - Parcours d\'ombres
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Shadows of witches, bats and black cats for a street public lighting commissioned work.
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